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And that’s what brought the regime down. The last South African Finance Minister, Barend du Plessis, went on record as saying that it was the investment sanctions that put the final nail in the coffin of apartheid.

Bob Hawke

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Brian Mulroney, myself, [and] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core [of the Commonwealth ]. That was the engine room, I reckon.

BOB HAWKE

Brian Mulroney, myself, [and] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core [of the Commonwealth ]. That was the engine room, I reckon.
BOB HAWKE

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It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about this.
BOB HAWKE

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[ Rajiv Gandhi] was such an infinitely more attractive leader than his mother.
BOB HAWKE

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I think there are a number of reasons, not least of which is the personality of the Queen [ Elizabeth II]. It’s very easy to underrate her significance.
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And it did seem to me that one way that we could bring the apartheid regime down would be if we did mount an effective investment sanction.
BOB HAWKE

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You’ve got to remember the Cold War was a very real thing then, so the relationship with the United States was very, very important.

BOB HAWKE

You’ve got to remember the Cold War was a very real thing then, so the relationship with the United States was very, very important.
BOB HAWKE

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The first meeting in 1983 was held in India and I was very off put by her. I just couldn’t abide her, basically.

BOB HAWKE

The first meeting in 1983 was held in India and I was very off put by her. I just couldn’t abide her, basically.
BOB HAWKE

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The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.

BOB HAWKE

The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.
BOB HAWKE

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“If Australia keeps going the way it is, it will finish up the poor, white trash of Asia.” And he was right, because we were just going backwards.
BOB HAWKE

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And that’s what brought the regime down. The last South African Finance Minister, Barend du Plessis, went on record as saying that it was the investment sanctions that put the final nail in the coffin of apartheid.
BOB HAWKE

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Bob Hawke
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[John Howard] led the Government. They had the numbers, and just basically automatically went along with the Americans.

BOB HAWKE

[John Howard] led the Government. They had the numbers, and just basically automatically went along with the Americans.
BOB HAWKE

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[ Elizabeth II] has immersed herself, in the sense [that] she can speak intelligently about any and all members of the Commonwealth and she has played a role.
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